Hearings
England & Wales
03 Dec 2005 [2005] EWHC 3003 (QB), QBD (Eady J)
14 Dec 2006 [2006] EWCA Civ 1714; [2008] QB 73; [2007] 3 WLR 194, CA
McKennitt v Ash
Subject Matter
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Disclosure — Public interest — Defendant's book disclosing details of claimant musician's private life — Author formerly close friend of claimant — Whether breach of confidence — Whether violation of right to privacy — Whether author's right to freedom of expression outweighing claimant's right to private life — Whether court entitled to apply previous decision of European Court of Human Rights — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10
Appellate History
McKennitt v Ash [2006] EMLR 178
Decision of Eady J affirmed
McKennitt v Ash [2006] EWCA Civ 1714; [2008] QB 73; [2007] 3 WLR 194, CA
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Exceptional Cases - Confidentiality
37.40
Exceptional Cases - Protection of private or confidential information 37.41
Exceptional Cases - Negative covenants and covenants in restraint of trade - Restraint of trade cases to which the American Cyanamid guidelines apply 37.52